Rural water use efficiency (RWUE)
Water is a vital commodity for all sections of the community, and the Queensland Government, through the Department of Environment and Resource Management, continues to support the Rural Water Use Efficiency Initiative (RWUEI) by extending the established partnership arrangements.
RWUEI is a government/rural industry partnership which provides services to irrigators to help them improve water use efficiency and adopt sustainable irrigation management practices. The two programs currently in place are:
- Rural Water Use Efficiency - Phase 4 (RWUE4)
- South East Queensland Irrigation Futures - Phase 2 (SEQ-IF2)
View information on earlier phases of the RWUE & SEQ-IF programs.
RWUE resources
- Factsheets that have been developed by RWUEI over the past few years, as well as relevant factsheets developed by other agencies are arranged by topic and cover issues of interest to Queensland irrigators.
- Case studies present local growers' experience with new irrigation systems and practices.
- Statistics on water use in the Queensland rural sector.
Last reviewed 8 September 2011
Last updated 14 September 2010